Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School

by Fundacion Ponferrada Van Stone (FPVI)
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School
Send Vulnerable Filipino Children to School

Project Report | Sep 14, 2020
Uncertainty is the only certain thing in COVID-19 times

By Nonna Ponferrada | President

Chasing a signal under the blue sky
Chasing a signal under the blue sky

The start of the school year has been moved again to October 5 because the COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Under this circumstance, FPVI continues its own version of Distance Learning for the children in its care with the monthly assignments consisting of book reviews, grammar exercises, math and science lessons, with side projects in journal keeping and art. With regular follow-ups from FPVI and with the help of their mothers, this exercise is proving to be helpful not just for the children’s productivity and continued engagement but also as a dry-run for a similar learning format that the Philippine Department of Education is planning to adopt for those living in remote areas like our FPVI students.

The children have been coming to the FPVI Center only once a month to receive individual and group feedback on their assignments and briefing for the next set of work, and collect their care packages. Also, they present their respective art works to the group. The last assignment was a “self-portrait” but not necessarily physical depiction. Having enjoyed the collage project in July, the children’s August self-portraits were exercises in creative use of found materials. Here are two examples:

 I am a jolly person and like singing and playing the guitar. The colors represent my personality and I like to help others color their lives with my colorful wings. ---- Gaby

 I compare myself to a bamboo tree---it is strong and hard to break, withstanding typhoons, storms, flooding. In my life, I try to be strong and resilient when I encounter problems. --- Hannah

The four college students who were under the FPVI program in their senior high school have their classes online under the misplaced assumption by the schools they are attending that all students have access to both technology devices and good internet connectivity. They don’t, and so in the absence of internet access where they live, they go out to the open fields where they get a signal using their precious and limited mobile data sometimes on borrowed phones. There they do the downloading of lessons. When quarantine regulations are eased and they are allowed to enter the town proper, they do their online lessons, quizzes and assessments at FPVI Center where the internet connection is more reliable than the rice field wifi.

Jolly Gaby
Jolly Gaby
Resilient Hannah
Resilient Hannah
Downloading class materials in the rice field
Downloading class materials in the rice field
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Organization Information

Fundacion Ponferrada Van Stone (FPVI)

Location: Tunga - Philippines
Website:
Project Leader:
Leonor Ponferrada
Tunga , Leyte Philippines
$85,805 raised of $120,000 goal
 
466 donations
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$16
USD
will cover weekly wifi credits put in each students' phone to enable them to have internet access during the week when coming to the FPVI Center is difficult to manage.
$40
USD
will cover children's monthly medical care and well-being, including provision of personal hygiene kits and vitamins plus regular haircut
$55
USD
with the return of in-person classes, this will cover weekly transportation and lunch allowance for the students, plus transportation to/from FPVI Center during the Sunday tutorial session
$60
USD
will pay for each child's monthly care package including school supplies, art and craft materials, foodstuff, bath soap, and sanitizing & protective paraphernalia
$65
USD
will provide breakfast, lunch & snacks for the group during the weekly (Sunday) gathering; plus lunch/snacks during extra visits to access reliable internet & use computers and printer
$125
USD
will enable us to share the FPVI experience with village pupils to help with reading/literacy competences; topped by a weeklong summer camp designed to enhance reading skills and introduce art-making
$140
USD
will pay a mentor's monthly allowance for running the Sunday supplemental sessions and following-up during the week. And will also cover 3 tutors' monthly fees for supplemental tutorials in Math & Sci
$150
USD
will cover each student's necessities for the start of the school year---2 sets of school uniform, shoes/socks, gym pants and t-shirts, sets of underwear, backpack, umbrella, raincoat, school supplies
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